Katsina governor reportedly orders student detained for criticizing him on Facebook

A student of the National Open University of Nigeria, Abdulmalik Sa’idu, has been languishing in a police cell for over 20 days on the orders of the Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, for posting details of an alleged fertilizer scam in the state on his Facebook wall, Premium Times reports

GRAPHIC PHOTO: Fracas in Lagos Island as popular politician is killed

Political campaigns have begun and the first casualty has been recorded in the centre of Lagos politics, the Lagos Island. A popular local politician named Azeez Ashake was shot dead at close range in front of his house at Isale Eko on Saturday September 20th by suspected political thugs.

Kebbi Governor Slaps ADC For Being Over Zealous

This happened on the 9th of this month, but Sahara Reporters just got to hear of it.

SaharaReporters has learned of a simmering tension in Kebbi State between Governor Saidu Nasamu Dakingari and police officers upset about the governor’s assault of his aide de camp, Mohammed Umar, on Saturday, September 9.

Wedding Turns Into Boxing Ring as Over 100 Wedding Guests Get in a Giant, Bloody Fight

Guests of a wedding at the Orchard Park Country Club in Buffalo, NY, turned it into the Orchard Park Fight Club after a brawl broke out that involved over 100 guests and took seven police departments to break it up [via Gawker].

Hey You, There's a Brilliant New Search Engine Just for Porn

Boodigo fights porn piracy and protects your computer from viruses. Yes, please.

A team of Google engineers have banded together to give the people what they really needed: a website to help people find unpirated, virus-free porn without selling the users' information to advertisers [via Salon].

It's called Boodigo, and according to co-founder Colin Rowntree, porn searches on it won't show up in users' other search engine histories or in their sidebar ads. But mostly, the site could be a real threat to the problem of porn piracy.

Someone Stole Her Man? Tonto Dikeh Goes Hard On Instagram

Looks like someone stole Tonto Dikeh's man..see what she posted online
She posted these messages on her instagram page. Looks like someone stole her man abi what is she saying?

White House evacuated after man jumps fence

A man sparked an evacuation at the White House on Friday after he scaled and jumped over a fence and made it into the building before being captured.

US President Barack Obama and his family were not at the White House at the time, though officials and journalists were rushed out of the building during the disturbance that began on the North Lawn around 7:20 pm (2320 GMT) Friday, the Secret Service said.

Badass Pregnant Woman Gives Birth Hours After Chasing Down a Mugger

Flint, Michigan, resident Kristen Thompson went to the grocery store to pick up a few things before her planned C-section for the baby she was having the next day when she was mugged by a stranger [via ABC12].

Some Big Brother housemates revealed

Ahead of Sunday, October 5, launch of Africa’s biggest reality show, Big Brother Africa, organisers have revealed three housemates for season 9 of the show, tagged “Hotshots.” They are Alusa from Kenya, Ellah from Uganda and Butterphly from Zimbabwe.

21 Things to Never Say to a Man

1. "You're not that strong." Unless you're talking about a Superman-esque feat of strength like lifting a building, you've just made him feel inadequate.

Synagogue: Death toll of South Africans increase to 84, 17 unaccounted for

In an interview with AFP, the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Lulu Mnguni, said the number of South Africans that died in the Friday September 12th building collapse at the Synangogue church has increased to 84 and that 265 South Africans survived the incident.

Miley Cyrus sparks outrage after whipping her ' butt' with Mexican Flag(Photos)

Miley Cyrus may have ruffled feathers in Mexico as she has been accused of using their national flag to slap her prosthetic butt.

TMZ reports that,Miley's dancer(above) repeatedly whipped her butt with their national flag as she performed the Mexican Independence Day .

If found guilty she would be prosecuted for the crime of desecration which carries a 36 hour jail time or $1,200 fine.

Drogba dedicates time to mentoring Hazard as Belgian seeks to raise his game

One of the most interesting aspects of Eden Hazard's footballing personality is the way he seems to get attached to the older generation of stars. Last year he latched onto Samuel Eto'o, and this time around it's apparently Didier Drogba who's taken it upon himself to shape Hazard into the sort of player everyone knows he can be. Speaking French helps, apparently.

Man sells wife to ritual killers for N800k

Plateau State Police Command has paraded a man who had sold his wife to ritual killers for N800, 000 in his bid to get rich quick.

State Police commissioner, Nasiru Oki who paraded the suspect, revealed that one Maimako Shephang of Kwalla village in Shendam local government area of the state had in August this year, at about 3.00pm lured his wife who was identified as Agnes to the bush and on getting there, handed over her to two masked men.

South Africa rejects Nigeria's explanation over seized $9.3m

Investigators in South Africa have dismissed Nigerian government’s explanations of the purpose of the $9.3 million cash seized from two Nigerians and an Israeli as “flawed and riddled with discrepancies”. The suspects told South African authorities that the money was meant for the procurement of arms for Nigerian intelligence agencies.

“… Although various explanations about the money were given to the investigating officer, these explanations were flawed and riddled with discrepancies,” the South African prosecution agency said in a statement sent to this newspaper. 

DREAMER:? "I am Nigeria's Sexiest Man"-Actor Benson Okonkwo

After coming second place with the Vanguard’s Sexiest in Nollywood 2013,Benson Okonkwo took the Karis Award crown for Nollywood's Sexiest Actor.The award is organised by Vanguard newspaper too.He said

Kendall Jenner bullied by fellow models at NYFW

She has tried to disassociate her come up as a model from the Kardashian brand.She has even told Kim not to attend her fashion shows to avoid people thinking she gets her gigs due to her famous sister's connection.However, some people are not buying it.Especially models who had tried to get a spot but were left backstage

According to Intouch Weekly

Very graphic: See pics of Boko Haram militants killed by Nigerian troops

Just got these exclusive but very graphic photos of Boko Haram members killed by the Nigerian troops at Konduga in Borno this week. The pic above is the new CS/VP3 MRAP that was recently purchased. It aided in the victory of the soldiers over the insurgents. Find the pics after the cut...but warning biko, it is very very graphic...

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See adorable momemt 3 yr old interrupts homecoming procession to hug his mother after her 9month tour of Afghanistan

This is the adorable moment a 3 year old boy ran into the arms of his mother after not seeing her for months as she and other soldiers stood in line waiting to finally be dismissed so they could re-unite with their families after serving in Afghanistan for 9 months.

As soldiers stood in line, 3 year old Cooper Waldvogel ignored the strict military protocol, ran up to the troops and into his mother's arms, who was so happy to scoop him up. Other soldiers tried to keep straight faces because they'd been ordered not to interact with family members as they stood in line, but they later said it was the most adorable thing they'd ever seen. See the photos after the cut...

8 Ebola awareness workers killed by villagers in Guinea

8 Ebola awareness workers including 3 journalists & 5 health workers were killed by angry villagers on Tuesday Sept. 16th in Wome village, same village where the Ebola virus broke out early this year.